John Berger Quotes
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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Typically, when you have a depressed individual, they feel hopeless. They feel miserable. Their mind is racing, their heart is pounding. They feel anxious. They feel exhausted yet they can't sleep.
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All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.
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If you work in a public space, you have to be aware that no one is buying a ticket.
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I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
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As anyone who has covered the company for any length of time knows, Yahoo's record on major decision-making has been akin to a hippie commune - a lot of wrangling internally in a culture where everyone seems to have a voice and a reticence to push the button to launch.
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As an actress, vanity is your enemy. If you're thinking about how you look, you're not going to give a good performance. Once I realized, 'Hmm, I guess I'm not that vain,' it's like something I wanted to protect. I can't imagine anyone could give the full dynamic performance they're capable of and still be vain.
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I want to carry a show, but there are not a lot of leading parts for people who are not celebrities.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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I did one of those 'born again' things and invited Jesus to become the chairman of the board, of my life.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.
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People's dreams are made out of what they do all day. The same way a dog that runs after rabbits will dream of rabbits. It's what you do that makes your soul, not the other way around.
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Many great founders have one or more big failures on their track record. What makes them great is that they eventually succeed despite that.
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I have three lovely, lovely kids that I am in love with and that's in love with me.
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My very first role was the character of Barbara Winslow in the movie 'Marmaduke.' Up until that point, I had only done commercials. I had never done a guest star role or a series, and yet they cast me!
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The thing about a failure is that it is possible to deny it forever.
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Step by step, let whatever happens happen. Real change will come when it is brought about, not by your ego, but by reality. Awareness releases reality to change you.
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Family caregiving has become a predictable crisis. Americans are living longer and longer but dying slower and slower.
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The past grows gradually around one, like a placenta for dying.
